Table 1.

The changes in patients with ocular vitreous before and after taking the mixed fruit enzyme capsules over a three-month period in Experiment 1.

Numbers of Capsules Each Day	Before	1st Month	2nd Month	3rd Month
None	40	40	43	38 (95%)
1 capsule	40	40	36	18 * (45%) #
2 capsules	40	39	34	15 * (37.5) #
3 capsules	40	38	32	12 * (30%) #

Group 1 (N = 40 eyes): no proteases were taken (placebo group) (vitamin C 10 mg daily); Group 2 (N = 40 eyes): all patients took 1 capsule with mixed proteases, including 190 mg bromelain, 95 mg papain, and 95 mg ficin every day; Group 3 (N = 40 eyes): all patients took 2 capsules daily; Group 4 (N = 40 eyes): all patients took 3 capsules daily. p < 0.05 was denoted as symbol * by the Scheffe test; p < 0.05 was denoted as symbol # by the Williams’ test.